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U.K. (FTSE) Packaged Foods and Meats Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 30, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D4.5%
  • 3M10.8%
  • 1Y26.1%
  • YTDn/a

The Packaged Foods and Meats industry is up 3.7% in the last week, with Associated British Foods up 5.1%. This means that the industry has gained 25% over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 7.5% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 30 Apr 2024UK£29.0bUK£36.6bUK£1.8b16.9x15.8x0.8x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024UK£27.5bUK£36.4bUK£1.7b16.3x16.5x0.8x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024UK£25.5bUK£36.5bUK£1.6b16.5x15.6x0.7x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024UK£26.3bUK£37.3bUK£1.7b16.5x15.7x0.7x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023UK£27.3bUK£37.3bUK£1.7b16.7x16.3x0.7x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023UK£26.8bUK£37.1bUK£1.4b17.5x19x0.7x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023UK£23.4bUK£36.0bUK£1.1b19.7x21.9x0.7x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023UK£24.2bUK£35.8bUK£1.1b18.4x22.7x0.7x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023UK£24.3bUK£35.6bUK£1.1b18.3x22.8x0.7x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023UK£24.2bUK£35.6bUK£1.1b17.8x22.7x0.7x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023UK£23.8bUK£35.6bUK£1.1b17.6x22.3x0.7x
Wed, 03 May 2023UK£24.6bUK£33.1bUK£795.0m18.2x30.9x0.7x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023UK£24.2bUK£32.9bUK£800.7m15.8x30.2x0.7x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023UK£24.3bUK£32.7bUK£853.5m15.3x28.5x0.7x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023UK£23.6bUK£32.7bUK£853.0m16.3x27.7x0.7x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022UK£20.8bUK£32.7bUK£853.0m15.1x24.4x0.6x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022UK£20.4bUK£32.3bUK£852.6m14.3x23.9x0.6x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022UK£18.0bUK£30.5bUK£1.2b12.8x15.1x0.6x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022UK£37.7bUK£37.9bUK£2.2b15.4x17.4x1x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022UK£41.0bUK£37.8bUK£2.2b16.7x18.9x1.1x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022UK£38.7bUK£37.3bUK£2.2b17.7x17.8x1x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022UK£39.9bUK£38.7bUK£2.5b16x16x1x
Thu, 05 May 2022UK£22.2bUK£30.9bUK£1.7b14.9x13.1x0.7x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022UK£23.8bUK£29.3bUK£1.4b17x17.3x0.8x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022UK£26.2bUK£29.2bUK£1.4b17.2x19.3x0.9x
Wed, 26 Jan 2022UK£26.7bUK£29.2bUK£1.4b17.1x19.5x0.9x
Fri, 24 Dec 2021UK£26.8bUK£29.2bUK£1.4b16.8x19.6x0.9x
Sun, 21 Nov 2021UK£25.9bUK£28.8bUK£1.3b14.3x19.9x0.9x
Tue, 19 Oct 2021UK£25.3bUK£27.4bUK£1.1b13.5x22.9x0.9x
Thu, 16 Sep 2021UK£25.9bUK£27.6bUK£943.6m14x27.4x0.9x
Sat, 14 Aug 2021UK£27.5bUK£26.9bUK£1.1b13.7x25.6x1x
Wed, 09 Jun 2021UK£29.4bUK£26.8bUK£943.5m18.1x31.2x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

31.2x


Total Market Cap: UK£29.5bTotal Earnings: UK£943.5mTotal Revenue: UK£26.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 22.5x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Packaged Foods and Meats industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 15.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 22.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.86x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Packaged Foods and Meats industry have grown 25% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 11% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Packaged Foods and Meats compare with similar industries?

GB Market1.67%
Consumer Staples1.66%
Food4.22%
Packaged Foods and Meats4.48%
Agricultural Products1.12%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
ABF Associated British FoodsUK£26.545.9%
+UK£1.1b		35.7%PE16.8x
PFD Premier FoodsUK£1.625.6%
+UK£74.3m		29.3%PE14.3x
CWK CranswickUK£42.551.7%
+UK£37.8m		32.6%PE18.2x
HOTC Hotel Chocolat GroupUK£3.740.3%
+UK£13.3m		76.0%PS2.6x
GNC Greencore GroupUK£1.332.2%
+UK£12.9m		55.1%PE17.1x
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Latest News

GNC

UK£1.33

Greencore Group

7D

2.2%

1Y

55.1%

ABF

UK£26.54

Associated British Foods

7D

5.9%

1Y

35.7%

The Associated British Foods plc (LON:ABF) Half-Yearly Results Are Out And Analysts Have Published New Forecasts

Apr 26
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CWK

UK£42.55

Cranswick

7D

1.7%

1Y

32.6%

BAKK

UK£1.20

Bakkavor Group

7D

1.3%

1Y

25.0%

Bakkavor Group (LON:BAKK) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0437

Apr 25
Bakkavor Group (LON:BAKK) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0437

TATE

UK£6.43

Tate & Lyle

7D

-0.6%

1Y

-21.2%

PFD

UK£1.62

Premier Foods

7D

5.6%

1Y

29.3%

Benign Growth For Premier Foods plc (LON:PFD) Underpins Its Share Price

Apr 23
Benign Growth For Premier Foods plc (LON:PFD) Underpins Its Share Price

DKL

UK£0.012

Dekel Agri-Vision

7D

-2.0%

1Y

-60.7%

UKR

UK£0.022

Ukrproduct Group

7D

-26.7%

1Y

-2.2%

BMK

UK£0.45

Benchmark Holdings

7D

2.0%

1Y

9.0%

HOTC

UK£3.74

Hotel Chocolat Group

7D

0.3%

1Y

76.0%

MHPC

US$3.30

MHP

7D

2.5%

1Y

-3.8%